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'Short stories are like a sniper's bullet.' says Jeffery Deaver. 'Fast
and shocking. I can make good bad and bad badder, and most fun of all,
really bad seem good.'
And that is exactly what he does in these sixteen superb short stories.
In 'Beautiful' former supermodel Kari's stalker has followed her through
retirement to her new small town home. The police can do nothing. The
only thing that will end the nightmare is the stalker's death. Or her
own. In the Edgar-nominated 'Triangle' Pete finds a true crime book -
and uses the lessons contained therein to kill Mo's lover. The
award-winning 'Without Jonathan' introduces us to Marissa, about to go
on the first date of her life since she married Jonathan, with a man she
met over the internet. As she wonders whether she will ever truly fall
in love again, the man she is going to meet is killing a housewife in
another part of town....
And in the brand-new 'The Christmas Present', we discover a side of
Lincoln Rhyme we've never seen before.
This collection of short stories is instantly gripping and impossible to
put down, taking your breath away time and time again. Nothing is as it
seems in the twisted world of Jeffery Deaver.
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